Posts by Toni Mercia
Nordic Popular Music Songwriting Advice
You live somewhere with long winters and excellent coffee. You also want songs that cut through the noise and travel farther than your ...
How to Write Lyrics About Youth
You want lyrics that feel like a Polaroid thrown at the wall with a Sharpie note on it. You want lines that smack of high school hallwa...
How to Write Medieval Folk Rock Songs
You want songs that smell like old taverns and stadium lights at the same time. Medieval folk rock mixes the dusty romance of ancient m...
Music Industry Managers Scam Artists
Ever felt like the music industry is a labyrinth of promises, contracts, and hidden agendas? Welcome to the wild world where some music...
Rasin Songwriting Advice
Yes this is about songwriting and yes we named the framework after a dried grape on purpose. RASIN stands for Rhythm, Arrangement, Stor...
How to Write Crabcore Lyrics
You want lyrics that make the crowd shove their drink into orbit and scream your chorus back like a ritual. You want lines that sound r...
Music Tour Managers Association Group
Ever wondered what it takes to steer the wild ride that is a modern music tour, while also jamming to your own tunes and penning those ...
How to Write Lyrics About Mountain Climbing
You want to write a song that smells like cold breath and powdered rock. You want the listener to feel altitude in their chest and the ...
How to Write Songs About Exclusion
Exclusion is a song goldmine. It carries sting, shame, humor, and righteous fury. It is the story your aunt tells at Thanksgiving and t...
How to Write Regional Lyrics
You want a song that smells like the place it came from. You want listeners to feel the streetlight, taste the food, and know the corne...